Toyota Motor Corporation
The largest Japanese manufacturer Toyota is an actual automobile giant that combines the Toyota, Lexus, Daihatsu and Scion brands. In the year 2005, their combined sales reached an incredible 6,78 million vehicles and therefore, placed Toyota as the second largest manufacturer in the world. This success was largely due to the good reputation of Toyota vehicles well known for their quality and reliability. Toyota is not only a term used among customers but also among specialists of the automobile industry. The manufacturing system based on ingenious organized work, highly efficient and uncompromising quality that Toyota put in effect 50 years ago is an inspiration for all other manufacturers. Apart from the 12 manufacturing factories in Japan, Toyota manages 52 factories in 27 countries of the world including the Czech Republic.